Websites
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Fan club stuff, including Heaney's bio, info about tours of his hometown, and some pictures.
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Check out Heaney on the Nobel Foundation's website. Here you'll find a brief biography, Heaney's Nobel lecture, a copy of his Nobel diploma, and more.
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A brief biography of Seamus Heaney.
Video
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A video lecture from MIT World. Heaney is a guest speaker and reads some of his poetry.
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Heaney interviewed by Charlie Rose after he won the Nobel Prize. Over a decade ago!
Audio
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Tom Cole reads "Blackberry-Picking" on NPR's All Things Considered.
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A 2008 NPR interview with Seamus Heaney. He discusses his life and work.
Images
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Some red and purple blackberries, of course!
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This is what the boy in the poem might look like picking berries.
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You really do get messy when you pick blackberries.
Books
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"Blackberry-Picking" first appeared in this book, published in 1966.
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A collection of poems by Heaney from 1966-1996, including good ol' "Blackberry-Picking."